Survey Data
Reg No
20854130
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
Woodbine Cottage
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1860 - 1900
Coordinates
177055, 67637
Date Recorded
08/04/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Attached three-bay two-storey with dormer attic house, built c.1880, having pair of hipped roofed canted bay windows flanking entrance to front (east). Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and eaves course with carved timber cladding, uPVC rainwater goods and recent gable-fronted dormer windows with decorative timber bargeboards. Rendered walls with plinth, having cast-iron vents to canted bays. Square-headed window openings with rendered sills throughout. Moulded render label mouldings to first floor of front elevation, raised moulded render surrounds to rear elevation. Six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows, having four-over-four pane timber sliding sash flanking central six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to canted bays. Some uPVC casement windows to rear, recent timber casement windows to dormers. Square-headed door opening having gabled canopy with decorative timber bargeboards on timber brackets. Glazed timber door with brass door furniture surmounted by overlight having limestone stepped approach flanked by moulded rendered balustrade on rendered plinth.
Appraisal
A well-proportioned, picturesque house with canted bays and decorative render detailing adding much to its character and charm. Formerly part of the de Vesci estate, it is of the high quality design usually associated with estate architecture.